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Newspaper
Sterling Script
Location
Sterling, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1936
Page
7
The Owl asks retiring seniors to reveal past antics at S. H. S. Highlights include flat tires that sparked an unexpected vacation, office duties, classroom pranks, skipped biology trips, shop class mishaps, and a dramatic incident with a wood block and the school blower.
The Dixon French Club and Sterling High students enjoyed a May 12 performance of the French play Monsieur Perrichon with participants including Herbert Bell Betty Meyer Cynthia Irwin Larry Wheeler William Sims Virginia Grandon and Eugene Young. Joseph Bittorf shared French film reels and explained customs and manners. A social hour followed with refreshments by Mildred Weyrauch and Margaret Thomas.
A collection of quoted lines attributed to diverse individuals. The phrases range from provocative to reflective, touching on life, liberty, strategy, and creative process across imagined speakers.
The Home Economics Club hosted its first banquet on Wednesday May 6 in the Domestic Science building lower room. White and yellow decor plus unique place cards highlighted the event. Officers Betty Witmer president Marian Sitter vice president Alice Darnell secretary Dorothy Musgrave treasurer and advisors Miss Neff and Mr. Eades spoke. a spring banquet may become annual.
Johnson presents a playful list of mutated phrases and oddly phrased lines. The entries range from nautical and observational gags to bizarre word forms and neologisms, reflecting a humorous, almost student-made exercise.
The penny social held April 24 in the gym by the Home Economics Club raised $11.41 after expenses. It featured booths for games like a swimming match and a hairless dog, a tap dance by Arlene Pyse, a Pauline Turner solo, and a puppet show followed by dancing.
The Sterling High Players held a Thursday picnic at Lawrence Park after school pledges. Officers were elected and installed. The group now has 99 members. Larry Wheeler directed the mock initiation with Jane Ward Melvin Bere and Robert Yates assisting.
The column lists senior actors, directors and authors with ring news while noting prom plans, pranks and campus romances. It mentions Florence Flash, Gary Thomas, Dodie Van Derhoof and Cyn Irwin among many names, plus a Champaign trip and Mendota track meet observations.
Eight Sterling Township High School senior boys spoke briefly at the Rotary luncheon on Tuesday noon. The group had attended Rotary meetings in pairs during the year and expressed gratitude for the Rotarians hospitality. Named were Herb Bell Charles Potter Bob Wright Harold Healey Louie Long Willie Sims Larry Wheeler and Lester Kreider.
At the junior class picnic held on Thursday May 7 the students presented Mr DeVoe with a fine leather billfold engraved with his name and the class year.
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